Landslides block Jomsom-Koral road, stranding China trade containers
Rain-triggered slides have cut the Mustang road to the Koral pass in two places; the Beni-Jomsom section was also blocked at about half a dozen points.
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Rain-triggered slides have cut the Mustang road to the Koral pass in two places; the Beni-Jomsom section was also blocked at about half a dozen points.
Kathmandu residents have been asked to keep household waste at home until rainfall eases and conditions at the landfill site return to normal.
Very heavy rain is possible in the hills of Koshi and Bagmati, and the Weather Forecasting Division expects windstorms in Madhesh and the Tarai of Koshi.
Ward officials in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality are preparing to move residents of Raisans bazaar to a nearby community building.
Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality says five shelters able to hold up to two thousand people are on standby as the river rises.
Stations in Palpa, Gulmi and Myagdi also logged 161 mm or more, and rivers in several districts are close to alert level, the weather office says.
Koshi Barrage opened 31 gates on Friday as the Saptakoshi rose; Gulmi has closed schools and Manang has advised against high-altitude trekking for three days.
Clearing work continues at seven other points on the road section, and the project warns that continued rain keeps the risk of fresh slides alive.
The Prithvi Highway and Narayanghat-Muglin road in Chitwan are closed until further notice; the BP Highway is under night-time restriction until Sunday.
Bharatpur, Pokhara, Lukla, Simara and Surkhet airports could not operate from early Friday, while Sita Air cancelled all its flights for the day.
Stretches of the Prithvi and BP highways are among those obstructed after rainfall since 24 September, with day-and-night closures in high-risk areas.
One-way movement is in place on the Mugling–Mauwakhola stretch, while the Dhading section has yet to reopen fully, reports say.
Rain driven by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has raised river levels and blocked roads; 77 districts are now colour-coded red, orange or yellow.
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